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Health and Safety Representatives (HSR’s) MUST be trained within 6 months of election from 1 July 2018. Up until this date it was only a requirement if the HSR requested this…

A total of nine complaints and summonses have been issued to four people and one business for their alleged involvement in an incident which led to the death of two…

On 12 October 2017, the Queensland Parliament passed the Work Health and Safety and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2017 (the amendment Act). The amendment Act amends the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (WHS…

A 31-YEAR-OLD Keysborough man has been awarded more than $1 million after he sustained a lower-back injury at work that will result in him never working again. Lawyers for Dong…

SUPERMARKET giant Coles has been ordered to pay a former staff member over $1 million after she fell from a safety step she says she wasn’t trained to use. Nicole…